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Medicines, Volume 12, Issue 4

December 2025 - 8 articles

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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
154 Views
14 Pages

9 December 2025

Background/Objectives: Though ototoxic, cisplatin is a mainstay of chemotherapy for a variety of cancers. One suggested mechanism of cisplatin ototoxicity involves damage to the spiral ganglion afferent neurons in the inner ear. There is a need for a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
243 Views
12 Pages

Identification of Active Components in Connarus ruber Extract Exhibiting Anti-Glycation Effects

  • Ryoji Taniguchi,
  • Ryusuke Nakatsuka,
  • Yuka Sasaki,
  • Mariko Takenokuchi,
  • Takashi Maoka,
  • Tomio Iseki,
  • Hirohito Kubo and
  • Tadashige Nozaki

3 December 2025

Background: Glycation, a non-enzymatic reaction between sugars and biomolecules, leads to the formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), which are implicated in the progression of chronic diseases. Connarus ruber (Poepp.) Planch (C. ruber),...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,749 Views
31 Pages

AΙ-Driven Drug Repurposing: Applications and Challenges

  • Paraskevi Keramida,
  • Nikolaos K. Syrigos,
  • Marousa Kouvela,
  • Garyfallia Poulakou,
  • Andriani Charpidou and
  • Oraianthi Fiste

13 November 2025

Drug repurposing is the process of discovering new therapeutic indications for already existing drugs. By using already approved molecules with known safety profiles, this approach reduces the time, costs, and failure rates associated with traditiona...

  • Article
  • Open Access
685 Views
13 Pages

Cannabis Use and Analgesic Prescribing in UK Primary Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Patients with Osteoarthritis

  • Simon Erridge,
  • Joht Singh Chandan,
  • Krishna M. Gokhale,
  • Christian Billinghurst and
  • Mikael H. Sodergren

10 November 2025

Objectives: This study aims to assess differences in analgesia prescribing in UK primary care between individuals with osteoarthritis who have a recorded exposure to cannabis use and those who do not. Methods: This population-based retrospective coho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
632 Views
21 Pages

27 October 2025

Background/Objectives: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a prevalent and life-threatening heart muscle disease often caused by titin (TTN) truncating variants (TTNtv). While TTNtvs are the most common genetic cause of heritable DCM, the precise downstr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
794 Views
12 Pages

Checklist-Based Identification of Adverse Drug Reactions in Emergency Department Patients

  • Benjamin J. Hellinger,
  • Thilo Bertsche,
  • Yvonne Remane and
  • André Gries

17 October 2025

Background: Patients presenting at the emergency department (ED) have a wide variety of complaints. In some of those patients a possible reason for their complaints might be an adverse drug reaction (ADR). An appropriate identification of ADR in this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
746 Views
13 Pages

30 September 2025

Background/Objectives: Growing evidence supports the use of a single trough concentration, rather than both a peak and trough, to estimate the 24 h area under the curve (AUC24) of vancomycin using Bayesian software (InsightRx® Ver.1.71). However,...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,444 Views
17 Pages

Levosimendan in Decompensated Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Safety and Efficacy

  • Esteban Zavaleta-Monestel,
  • Jeaustin Mora-Jiménez,
  • Kevin Cruz-Mora,
  • Ernesto Martinez-Vargas,
  • José Pablo Díaz-Madriz,
  • Sebastián Arguedas-Chacón,
  • Abigail Fallas-Mora,
  • Carlos Wu-Chin and
  • Jose Miguel Chaverrí-Fernandez

30 September 2025

Background/Objectives: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a leading cause of hospitalization and functional decline in older adults, accounting for over 80% of all heart failure cases. Given the narrow therapeutic window of curre...

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